Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Numbers 35:8
Nine cities were eventually given to the Levites from the large joint inheritance of Judah and Simeon; three were taken from the territory of Naphtali, and the other tribes gave each four apiece.
Nine cities were eventually given to the Levites from the large joint inheritance of Judah and Simeon; three were taken from the territory of Naphtali, and the other tribes gave each four apiece.
11. THE CITIES OF REFUGE CHAPTER 35 _ 1. The provision of the Levites: Forty-eight cities (Numbers 35:1)_ 2. The cities of refuge (Numbers 35:9) The cities of the Levites were scattered through the...
APPOINTMENT OF LEVITICAL CITIES AND CITIES OF REFUGE. This law must be supplementary to, and later than, the law in Numbers 18:8, which does not contemplate the assignment to the Levites of cities in...
ACCORDING TO HIS INHERITANCE. Nine from Judah and Simeon; four from Benjamin; four from Ephraim; four from Dan; two from the half of Manasseh; two from the other half; four from Issachar; four from As...
_The Levitical cities_ The Levites are to receive 48 cities with their surrounding land (E.VV. -suburbs"), six of which are to be -cities of refuge." The cities are to be contributed by each tribe in...
AND AMONG THE CITIES WHICH YE SHALL GIVE UNTO THE LEVITES, THERE SHALL BE SIX CITIES FOR REFUGE, &C.— The cities of the Levites were appointed for this purpose, rather than any other, because they wer...
D. CITIES RESERVED FOR THE LEVITES (NUMBERS 35:1-8) TEXT Numbers 35:1. And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 2. Command the children of Israel, that they...
_AND THE CITIES WHICH YE SHALL GIVE SHALL BE OF THE POSSESSION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: FROM THEM THAT HAVE MANY YE SHALL GIVE MANY; BUT FROM THEM THAT HAVE FEW YE SHALL GIVE FEW: EVERY ONE SHALL GI...
THE LEVITICAL CITIES. THE CITIES OF REFUGIE 1-8. The Levitical Cities. The tribe of Levi received no part of the land of Canaan as their inheritance (Numbers 18:20; Numbers 26:62). By way of compensa...
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 35 THE TOWNS FOR LEVI’S *TRIBE – NUMBERS 35:1-8 V1 Still the *Israelites were camping on the plains of the cou
(6, 7, 8) AND AMONG THE CITIES WHICH YE SHALL GIVE... — The construction of this verse is involved; or, rather, there is a suspension of the subject in Numbers 35:6, and a resumption of it in Numbers...
וְ הֶֽ עָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר תִּתְּנוּ֙ מֵ אֲחֻזַּ֣
THE CITIES OF REFUGE Numbers 35:1; Numbers 36:1 1. THE INHERITANCE OF THE LEVITES The order relating to the Levitical cities may be said to describe an ideal settlement. We have, at all events, no...
THE CITIES OF REFUGE FOR THE MANSLAYER Numbers 35:1 This chapter is full of provision for the Levites, the chosen ministers of God's house. They who serve there may be at rest about their maintenanc...
It will be remembered that the Levites were not permitted to hold, any inheritance in the land. Jehovah was the portion of their inheritance. Provision was now made for them. Forty-eight cities scatte...
Though the LORD made so plentiful a provision for his priests, yet it should be observed, and carefully observed too, that the LORD set bounds to it. Ministers were never intended to lord it over GOD'...
The successes given to the children of Israel alarmed some of their neighbours, more particularly Moab; and this gives occasion for a striking episode in the history which brought to issue as solemn a...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 34, 35, AND 36. Finally, God takes care of His people in all respects; He marks the limits of the country they were to enjoy. He settles the taking possessio...
AND THE CITIES WHICH YE SHALL GIVE SHALL BE OF THE POSSESSION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... What shall fall by lot for their inheritance, and they shall be possessed of; and though they are, shall no...
And the cities which ye shall give [shall be] of the possession of the children of Israel: from [them that have] many ye shall give many; but from [them that have] few ye shall give few: every one sha...
1 Eight and fourtie Cities for the Leuites with their suburbs, and measure thereof. 6 Sixe of them are to be cities of refuge. 9 The lawes of murder. 31 No satisfaction for murder. 1 AND the LORD...
And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel, selected from the territory apportioned to the tribes; FROM THEM THAT HAVE MANY YE SHALL GIVE MANY; BUT FROM TH...
THE CITIES OF THE LEVITES...
CITIES GIVEN TO THE LEVITES (vs.1-8) The Levites had no tribal possession, but were to be scattered among the tribes so as to serve and teach the ways of the Lord (Deuteronomy 33:10). Therefore the t...
HE INHERITETH: _ Heb._ they inherit...
1-8 The cities of the priests and Levites were not only to accommodate them, but to place them, as religious teachers, in several parts of the land. For though the typical service of the tabernacle o...
YE SHALL GIVE MANY: compare NUMBERS 33:54 JOSHUA 20:2....
The opening lines of this most interesting chapter set before us the gracious provision which Jehovah made for His servants the Levites. Each of the tribes of Israel was privileged that we say not bou...
Numbers 35:8 cities H5892 give H5414 (H8799) possession H272 children H1121 Israel H3478 larger H7227 many...
5). PROVISION OF CITIES TO DWELL IN FOR THE LEVITES (NUMBERS 35:1). As is regular in Numbers the regulations for the Levites follow on after the regulations for the people (compare Numbers 1:1 with Nu...
CONTENTS: The cities of refuge. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: God would teach us to conceive a dread and horror of the guilt of blood and to be very careful of life, lest even by negligence we...
Numbers 35:4. _A thousand cubits on the east side two thousand cubits._ A line of one thousand cubits extending from the centre of the city, east, west, north, and south, would make each side of the s...
_Give unto the Levites. .. cities to dwell in._ THE LEVITES’ INHERITANCE 1. Cities were allowed them with their suburbs (Numbers 35:2). They were not to have any ground for tillage; they needed not t...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 35:1__ The Levites were excluded from inheriting land (Numbers 26:52). They were to live among the people, instructing them in God’s ways. In return, they were to receive
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES This chapter contains directions for the appointment of (1) cities for the Levites to dwell in; and (2) cities of refuge for the manslayer; and laws concerning wilful...
As we get into chapter thirty-five, it describes the cities of refuge that they were to establish, verse two, Command the children of Israel, that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their...
2 Corinthians 8:13; 2 Corinthians 8:14; Deuteronomy 33:8; Exodus 16:18;...